Nation Jul 05 Migrants trapped in sweltering trailer ‘couldn’t breathe,’ survivor says Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week in Texas.
Politics Aug 12 WATCH: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds briefing at U.S.-Mexico border While some migrants are flown directly to their Central American nations, the U.S. government has started flying some to southern Mexico, where where Mexican authorities carry them the rest of the way to Guatemala's border, even if they're not Guatemalan.
World Jul 29 Guatemalans protest president, attorney general Pressure has been building since Attorney General Consuelo Porras fired anti-corruption special prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval.
Nation May 13 Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth, citing virus U.S. border agencies quickly expelled 600 child migrants in April after federal agencies began prohibiting asylum claims at the southern border, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
World May 04 Amid virus fears, deported Guatemalans treated as pariahs back home Since the pandemic hit, migrants returning to Guatemala from the United States have been mistreated, run off or threatened by neighbors who fear they will bring the virus back with them.
Health Apr 17 Scant testing in U.S. migration system risks spreading virus The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed 105 cases of the virus in at least 25 separate detention facilities, along with at least 25 employees.
World Apr 07 Virus crisis cuts off billions sent to poor around the world The devastation wrought by COVID-19 across the developed world in cutting into the financial lifelines for people in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
World Jan 21 Mexico begins flying and busing migrants back to Honduras CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their…
World Jan 20 Migrants cross river into Mexico after being refused passage to U.S. The 3,000 Central American migrants have demanded they be allowed to move freely through Mexico to reach the United States, but Mexican officials have refused.
Nation Nov 21 First Honduran returned to Guatemala under U.S. asylum accord The United States has begun carrying out a landmark policy shift on asylum that’s a top priority of President Donald Trump, returning a Honduran immigrant to Guatemala to pursue his asylum case.